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No. 617,360. mama 1mm, I899. E R SARGENT CASKET HANDLE.

(Application fllgd May 6, L897.)

-(No Model.)

WMQE T/EQ ATTORNEY.

l I YTNESSES UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

EDWARD E. SARGENT, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, AssieNo TO,THE

SARGENT & COMPANY, or sAME PLACE.

CAS KET-HANDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 617,360, dated January10, 1899.

Application filed May 6, 1897. Serial No. 6 35,353. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD R. SARCENT, of the city and county of NewHaven, in the State of Connecticut, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Casket-Handles, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description, taken in connection with the drawings, which forma part thereof, and in which- Figure 1 represents a front elevation of acasket-handle embodying my invention Fig. 2, a rear elevation of one ofthe plates and associated parts; Fig. 3, a transverse vertical sectionon lines 3 3 of Fig. 1; and Figs. land 5, views showing the shapes ofthe blanks from which the plate and arm, respectively, are formed.

In all figures similar letters of reference represent like parts.

This invention relates to handles for caskets, trunks, and similararticles, where they are adapted to be folded, when not in use, againstthe side of the article to which they are attached, andhas for itsobject the construction of a novel, simple, strong handle formed ofsheet metal and one easily assembled.

My invention consists in the several novel combinations of partshereinafter set forth and claimed.

In the drawings, A represents a tubular handle made of sheet-tin orother suitable material, provided with caps or end pieces A of the samematerial.

B represents an oblong piece or core of wood of the same length as thehandle A,

within which it is adapted to closely fit and be secured therein in anywell-known manner.

The arms 0 of the handle and platesD (to be secured to the casket) aremade of sheet metal in the following manner: A blank for the plate D isstamped out, as shown in Fig. 4, having a recess cl and slots 01. Theportions 01 are bent, as indicated by the dotted lines, at right anglesto the main portion of the blank to form lugs, on which the arms 0 ofthe handle are pivoted. Each of these arms 0 is formed from a blankshaped substantially as shown in Fig. 5, the body portion 0 of which isbent to make a hollow arm, the concave side of which is presented to theplate D. The upper end 0 of the arm 0 extends through the recess d ofthe, plate D, the ears 0 of the arm passing through the slots 01'. .Thesides of the upper end 0' of the arm are pivoted to the lugs d and thelower end of the arm 0 terminates in a tongue or projection 0 adapted toembrace the bandle A and be secured thereto by a screw .0 or othermeans, the extreme end of the tongue extending into the hollow of thearm. To form a check or resistance to the upward swing of the handle andarms when in use, the wires or rods E, forming the pivotpins for thearms 0 and plates D, are loopshaped and extend, as shown in Fig. 2,across the slots d and under the ears so that as the arms 0 swing ontheir pivots the ears .0 come in contact with the Wires E, which preventfurther motion, producing a rigid connection between the handle andplates upon further upward movement of the handle. When the handle isreleased from upward pressure, its weight draws it downward,swinging thearms on their pivots in the reverse direction. By this construction ofhollow arms and plates the arms and plates may be made of sheet metal,the parts readily assembled, while the whole handle when assembled formsa simple yet durable article.

When the parts are properly assembled and the whole affixed to a casketor other article, the convex sides of the arms are toward the front,presenting thereby rounded surfaces, while the connections between thevarious parts are hidden from View.

Having now described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is-

1. In a casket-handle, the combination with the handle portion; of armsformed of a single piece of sheet metal doubled up or foldedlongitudinally, having at their lower ends tongues adapted to be wrappedaround and secured to the handle portion, and at their other endsintegrally-formed depending abutments; and hollow sheet-metal platesadapted to be secured to the casket or other article, to which the saidarms are pivoted, and which are provided with internally-located stopsor checks, against which the said abutments rest to limit the upwardswing of the arms, substantially as described.

2. In a casket-handle, the combination with the handle portion; of armsformed of a single piece of sheet metal doubled up or foldedlongitudinally, having at their lower ends tongues adapted to be wrappedaround and secured to the handle portion, and at their other endsintegrally-formed depending abutments; hollow sheet-metal plates adaptedto be secured to the casket or other article, into which the upper endsof the arms project and

